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1456490

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the article of Bureau for Investigative Journalism on 10 March 2022 that reported how ODA reporting for vaccine donations displaced up to £144 million of aid, if he will ensure any vaccine donation ODA reporting for 2022 is additional, rather than within, its 0.5 per cent GNI target.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	151273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The government remains committed to international development and providing support to the world's poorest, and intends to return to spending 0.7% of gross national income on Official Development Assistance (ODA) when the fiscal situation allows.</p><p> </p><p>The 2021 Spending Review provides departments with an ODA budget that rises to £12.3 billion in 2024-25, growing by 23% compared to the £10 billion allocated at the 2020 Spending Review, and facilitates significant increases across priority spending areas. This will ensure that the UK remains one of the largest ODA spenders in the world and well above the OECD Development Assistance Committee average.</p><p> </p><p>The UK donated 30.8 million vaccines in 2021. We have now donated a total of 54.5 million vaccines, benefitting more than 38 countries. Our 100 million dose-donation target is part of one billion doses G7 leaders committed to share and finance at the Carbis Bay summit. They are a testament to our collective commitment to accelerate global vaccine access.</p><p> </p><p>As with all ODA eligible expenditure, donations of surplus vaccines will count towards meeting the UK’s annual ODA spending commitment; this is the established UK approach in line with international rules.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/04/2022 14:21:52 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1456566

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the EU dropping its blanket ban on the EU TRIPS waiver, whether she has plans for the UK to do the same; what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's opposition to the TRIPS waiver on the reputation of the UK; and what steps her Department plans to take to facilitate global vaccine production in place of a TRIPS waiver.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	151274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has engaged constructively in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver debate and will continue to do so when presented with further formal text proposals. This has not yet happened. HM Government remains open to initiatives that could help with equitable vaccine distribution and their prompt administration, but there is no evidence that waiving intellectual property protections would advance this objective. Instead, the UK is working with international and regional partners, including the African Union, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations), international development banks and the private sector to catalyse strategic investments for vaccine manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/04/2022 13:51:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1453538

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on the finances of unpaid carers of uprating Carer's Allowance by 3.1 per cent in the context of a predicted increase in inflation of 7.25 per cent.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	145978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2022 to Question Number <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-17/142004" target="_blank">142004</a>. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2022 15:21:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1453394

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	House Insurance: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with representatives of insurance companies on housing insurance of people who house (a) Ukrainian and (b) other refugees.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	145039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up on 14 March, guidance for local authorities has been published on Gov.uk at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fhomes-for-ukraine-guidance-for-councils&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce9d5a8c795c14f1d7c2d08da10abf681%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637840627993078837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3rIb53nOJJF3wZ7rz8k0d1vVgWv%2Fejnj8CeYjb6%2B5I8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-guidance-for-councils</a> . There are also published FAQs available online at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fhomes-for-ukraine-scheme-frequently-asked-questions&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce9d5a8c795c14f1d7c2d08da10abf681%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637840627993078837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ZnK0wjJ3dX4HdxfBJQ2dVOTlgWyeDhqepEoVKGGuu4g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-frequently-asked-questions</a> as well as information for sponsors at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fhomes-for-ukraine-sponsor-guidance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce9d5a8c795c14f1d7c2d08da10abf681%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637840627993078837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ZbQgPkA9hU4Zj%2F%2F198NL%2Fs9lWWo9kjzMm3kSAqHcUcU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-sponsor-guidance</a> . Information is available on safeguarding checks at these links, as well as on eligibility for the scheme. Phase One of the Homes for Ukraine scheme opened for applications on 18 March and is accessible via links from <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce9d5a8c795c14f1d7c2d08da10abf681%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637840627993078837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=0LXbj%2FUy7JgcyPWssSmK1IgY4OxjimfR3Y1ZZJCdrQM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk</a> . Those who had recorded their interest in the scheme were also contacted on that date. Details on future phases of the scheme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 142472 142475 142478 142481 142482 142513 144896 144949 144950 144952 144954 145857 145962 question first answered 28/03/2022 16:39:06 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1439763

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to oral contribution of 10 March 2022, if all outstanding visa applications from Ukrainian applicants seeking to join family in the United Kingdom will fall under the new scheme.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	138165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both immediate family (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended family (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join qualifying family members in the UK. This route was launched on 4 March.</p><p>If an applicant has applied on another application form or under a different visa route and the decision maker feels the applicant would qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme, the decision maker will write to the applicant and offer them the opportunity to be considered under the Scheme. The decision maker will consider the application on the evidence already provided unless there is insufficient information to make a decision. This will ensure an application can be assessed under the Ukraine Family Scheme without the need for a further application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:27:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1439765

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has in place for family members in the Ukraine seeking to join family settled in the United Kingdom under the streamlined process announced on 10 March 2022; and how many applications have been made under that process.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	138166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The GOV.UK website is periodically revised with additional guidance and information for Ukrainian nationals and their families. The latest information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-ukraine-family-scheme-visa" target="_blank">Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>General information on the number of applications currently being processed under the newly launched Ukraine Family Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2022 11:17:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438890

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to identify those entitled to pension credit who have not taken it up in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	136660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Pension Credit take-up statistics cannot be broken down to regional level.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has undertaken a range of actions to raise awareness of Pension Credit, encourage pensioners to check their eligibility, and to make a claim. This has included a Pension Credit media day of action in June last year as well as setting up a Pension Credit working group, which is made up of a diverse range of organisations and tasked with identifying new practical initiatives that we can work on together to help increase Pension Credit take up. We continue to use opportunities to promote Pension Credit using proactive press activity and social media to reach potential recipients, their families and friends.</p><p> </p><p>Our initial internal management information suggests new claims for Pension Credit in the past twelve months to December 2021 were around 136,000, representing an increase of around 30% compared to the 12 months to December 2019 when they were around 105,000. It also suggests that we have been receiving consistently high volumes of claims over recent months, at around 3,300 per week.</p><p> </p><p>This management information has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but are provided here in the interests of transparency.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of these claim volumes on numbers of successful awards and on Pension Credit take-up will take longer to establish given the usual cycle involved in producing those statistics.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2022 14:34:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438891

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 benefit take-up strategy.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	136661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2022 14:28:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438892

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to learn lessons from the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy following the publication of Estimates of Take-up for Pension Credit in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	136662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The latest estimates of Pension Credit take-up for 2019/20, published on 24 February, show an encouraging improvement across all headline measures.</p><p> </p><p>Compared to 2018/19; take-up of Guarantee Credit increased from 70% to 73% and take-up of Pension Credit overall increased from 63% to 66%. In 2019/20, 77% of the total amount of Pension Credit that could have been claimed was claimed.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of the work conducted by the Scottish Government to encourage take-up of their benefits.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2022 14:38:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1438105

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor UK citizens who travel to Ukraine to volunteer in (a) defence and (b) humanitarian work.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	134406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK is not supporting British nationals going to Ukraine to fight in the conflict. We advise against travel to Ukraine and anyone who travels to conflict zones to engage in unlawful activity should expect to be investigated upon their return to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/03/2022 10:57:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain